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Actor-manager Sir John Saumarez investigates a case of cheating at cards (with the associated social ruin and its consequences) that becomes a case of murder.
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When young actress Diana Baring is convicted of the murder of a fellow actress, actor-manager Sir John Saumarez, convinced of her innocence, sets himself up as a private detective in order to prove her innocence before the execution is carried out.